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The Origin of Email

The Origin of Email

By Guest Authors on May 7, 2013

I have a surprise for you. The inventor of email did not invent email. Email was actually invented by the Bell System and was in commercial operation long before the Arpanet even existed. This is an interesting story… False The invention of email is widely credited to be Ray Tomlinson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Tomlinson) in 1971. In one especially […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology | Tagged Arpanet, ATT, Bell Lab, Bell System, email, Western Union | 1 Response

How the Bell System Missed the Internet - Part 1 of 8

How the Bell System Missed the Internet – Part 1 of 8

By Guest Authors on March 27, 2013

One of the more fascinating twists and turns in corporate history is how the Bell System missed developing the internet. What follows is the story of ACS in 8 parts (in 8 days). It could have owned the internet, except for NIH (Not Invented Here.) In the mid 1970s I worked at Bell Laboratories in Holmdel New […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology | Tagged Arpanet, ATT, Bell Lab, Bell System

New From AT&T: A Fee For No Fees

New From AT&T: A Fee For No Fees

By Dave Michels on August 28, 2011

When touch-tone dialing was new, the Bell System charged a small fee for the service. It was actually cheaper to provide touch-tone (the registers that hear dialing were freed-up much quicker). The Bell system figured out that customers liked the faster dialing, and were willing to pay a premium to get it. Extra fees are […]

Posted in Business | Tagged ATT, Bell System, carriers, Long-distance calling, t-mobile, Voice over IP | 1 Response

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